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STATES OF JERSEY r DRAFT SOCIAL HOUSING (TRANSFER) (JERSEY) REGULATIONS 201- Lodged au Greffe on 23rd April 2014 by the Minister for Housing STATES GREFFE 2014 Price code: H P.58 DRAFT SOCIAL HOUSING (TRANSFER) (JERSEY) REGULATIONS 201- REPORT Background Following approval of P.33/2013 – The Reform of Social Housing – on 16th May 2013, the States approved P.63/2013 – the Draft Social Housing (Transfer) (Jersey) Law 201- (“the Law”) on 17th July 2013. The Law was subsequently approved by the Privy Council on 9th October 2013 and registered in the Royal Court on 18th October 2013. The Draft Regulations To meet the States’ deadline for the incorporation of the present Housing Department as Andium Homes Limited, Regulations pursuant to the Law need to be agreed by the States. The Draft Social Housing (Transfer) (Jersey) Regulations 201- appended hereto have been prepared for that purpose. The principle effects of the Draft Regulations are to establish the company as Andium Homes Limited and to transfer the social housing assets of the States to the company on 1st July 2014. Certain particulars relating to the company, such as its registered number and date of registration, can only be made available once the necessary incorporation process has been completed. This will take place in the coming weeks and the additional detail will be amended in the draft Regulations prior to debate by the States. An extensive property schedule has been prepared at Schedule 1, in close consultation with the Law Officers’ Department, Jersey Property Holdings and Transport and Technical Services. Schedule 2 to the Draft Regulations details all of the deferred payment bonds relating to prior sales of affordable homes which will also be transferred to Andium Homes Limited on 1st July 2014. Financial and manpower implications The financial and manpower implications of the proposals were all set out in the Full Business Case – R.15/2013 (States of Jersey Housing Transformation Programme: Full Business Case, presented to the States on 4th March 2013) – which accompanied P.33/2013. ◊ Page - 3 P.58/2014 Explanatory Note These Regulations are supplemental to the provisions in the Social Housing (Transfer) (Jersey) Law 2013 (the “Law”), which enables the transfer of assets, rights and liabilities of the States or of the public to a prescribed company that must be a company limited by guarantee. These Regulations have the effect of transferring to Andium Homes Limited the assets, rights and liabilities of the States that were under the control or administration of the Housing Department immediately before the transfer date. Regulation 1 defines terms used in these Regulations. Regulation 2 prescribes Andium Homes Limited as the company for the purposes of the Law. Regulation 3 prescribes the date of transfer as 1st July 2014. Regulation 4 describes the assets that are transferred to Andium Homes Limited on the transfer date. These are – (a) the immovable assets described in Schedule 1 and all rights and liabilities of the States or of the public in respect of those assets as described in Regulation 5 and in Schedule 1. Such immovable assets are transferred to Andium Homes Limited in the state in which they are, and with all their apparent or hidden defects (vices cachés) if any, on the transfer date and with such benefits (in relation to title) as are conferred under Article 45 of the Loi (1880) sur la propriété foncière on a transfer; (b) the other assets of the States or of the public in the form of movable property, and the rights and liabilities in those assets which were exclusively under the control or administration of the Housing Department immediately before the transfer date. (Regulation 4(9) makes clear that such assets include intellectual property rights, whether registered or not, and any documents or other records relevant to the property transferred under the Law or these Regulations.); (c) the bonds and contracts specified in Schedule 2; (d) any funds held in the consolidated fund immediately before the transfer date and which the Minister for Housing was entitled to withdraw, up to the budget limit set for the Housing Department for the year ending 31st December 2014. However, by Regulation 4(5), if the Minister for Housing has withdrawn funds in excess of that budget limit, Andium Homes Limited must on the transfer date transfer such sum being the difference between the budget limit and the amount actually withdrawn from the consolidated fund immediately before the transfer date; (e) all contracts, leases, deeds, bonds, agreements and other instruments subsisting in favour of or against the States or the public. Regulation 4(6) provides that all notices in force which were given (or have effect as if they had been given) by, or on behalf of, or to, the States or the public in respect of any property or liability transferred by these Regulations will be of full force and effect in favour of, or against, Andium Homes Limited. Page - 4 ◊ P.58/2014 Regulation 4(7) provides for the transfer to Andium Homes Limited of obligations in agreements conferring or imposing on the States or the public rights or liabilities which were exclusively in respect of the Housing Department. Regulation 4(8) provides that any action or proceeding or any cause of action or proceeding, pending or existing on the transfer date, by, or against the States or the public in respect of any assets, rights or liabilities transferred to Andium Homes Limited will not be prejudiced by reason of these Regulations, and may be continued, prosecuted and enforced by, or against, Andium Homes Limited. Regulation 5 sets out the rights and liabilities in immovable assets referred to in Regulation 4(1) that are transferred to Andium Homes Limited. Schedule 1 lists the immovable property that is to be transferred and Schedule 2 lists specific bonds and contracts that are to be transferred. Regulation 6 states the title of these Regulations and provides for them to come into force immediately after the coming into force of the Social Housing (Transfer) (Jersey) Law 2013. ◊ Page - 5 P.58/2014 Draft Social Housing (Transfer) (Jersey) Regulations 201- Arrangement DRAFT SOCIAL HOUSING (TRANSFER) (JERSEY) REGULATIONS 201- Arrangement Regulation 1 Interpretation ................................................................................................. 19 2 Prescribed company ...................................................................................... 20 3 Transfer date .................................................................................................. 20 4 Assets transferred to company ...................................................................... 20 5 Immovable assets transferred to the company: rights and liabilities ............. 21 6 Citation and commencement ......................................................................... 24 SCHEDULE 1 25 IMMOVABLE PROPERTY TRANSFERRED ON TRANSFER DATE 25 PART 1 25 Bashfords ...................................................................................................................... 25 PART 2 29 Le Clos Gosset and Gordon Le Breton Close ............................................................... 29 PART 3 33 Oak Tree Gardens ......................................................................................................... 33 PART 4 36 Grasett Park .................................................................................................................. 36 PART 5 38 Gorey Village Phase 1 .................................................................................................. 38 PART 6 42 Westmount Park, Old St. John’s Court and 17 Old St. John’s Road ............................ 42 PART 7 44 Salisbury Crescent ........................................................................................................ 44 PART 8 47 Westley Court (Westley Lodge and Westley Cottage) ................................................. 47 PART 9 50 ◊ Page - 7 P.58/2014 Arrangement Draft Social Housing (Transfer) (Jersey) Regulations 201- De Quetteville Court .................................................................................................... 50 PART 10 54 Clos du Fort – Phases I and 2 ....................................................................................... 54 PART 11 58 Summerfield Flats, Grouville ....................................................................................... 58 PART 12 60 St. George’s Estate, St. Ouen ....................................................................................... 60 PART 13 62 Woodlands St. Brelade ................................................................................................. 62 PART 14 63 2 Cleveland Avenue ..................................................................................................... 63 PART 15 64 1 Millais Park ............................................................................................................... 64 PART 16 65 Belvoir Court ................................................................................................................ 65 PART 17 66 Mont Surat .................................................................................................................... 66 PART 18 67 Orchid Court ................................................................................................................. 67 PART 19 68 Rosemount Estate, St. Saviour ....................................................................................